Research Methods
What reasearch method was used in Milgram's Obedience Study?
Experiment
What part of the brain is used for long-term memory and memory retrieval?
The hippocampus
The phenomenon in which one is able to focus on one conversation or occurrence in a busy environment
Cocktail Party Phenomenon
The reappearance of a previously extinct stimulus response
Spontaneous Recovery
This psychologist conducted a study regarding obedience in a teacher/ student setting
Stanley Milgram
A statement of procedures used to define different research variables
Operational definitions
The amygdala
Awareness of small stimuli
Absolute Threshold
These psychologists conducted the Little Albert Experiment in which a baby was taught to fear a white rabbit
John Watson and Rosalie
The belief in which one overestimates the influence of personality and underestimates the impact of situational factors when explaining another's behaviors
Fundemental Attribution Error
One's tendency to believe that one outcome would've prevented another, after learning of the original outcome
Hindsight Bias
An EEG, or electroencephalagram, is used to study this
Sleep
The dimension of color that is determined by light's wavelength
Hue
Learning in which a perosn aquires knowledge without immediate reinforcement and the knowledge remains "hidden" until needed
Latent learning
The woman who's murder led to the development of the idea of the Bystander Effect
Kitty Genovese
The extent in which a test, experiment, or study accurately approaches the theory it is meant to measure
Construct Validity
The medulla controls _____
Heartrate, breathing, blood pressure, etc.
What do most color blind people lack
Red and green cones
The "creator" of the idea of latent learning; known for their experiment which used rodents and food as a "reward"
B.F. Skinner
In Pavlov's Dog study, what kind of response was it when the dog salivated at the ring of the bell?
Conditioned Response
Name four ethical guidelines
Ex. informed consent, confidentiality, remove any misconceptions/deceit, no physical or mental harm
What is the function of terminal buttons in a neuron?
They secrete neurons
The activation of certain associations, affecting perception, memory, and response
Priming
A reinforcement schedule in which the reward is given after a certain amount of time
Fixed Interval
The tendency to agree to larger requests after agreeing to previous smaller requests
Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon